Many people remember that after the outbreak of the Iraq war, the media reported that the US military had difficulties in resupply. Through TV pictures, people can see that the tired American officers and men on the battlefield have not eaten well for several days, and drinking water has become a problem. American troops dare not eat local food in Iraq. Due to the attacks of the Iraqi army and local people, the rear supply of the US military is temporarily unavailable. In a word, American soldiers are broken.
So, what do American officers and men eat in the war? According to the data, the US military and other western countries' troops are generally equipped with "ready-to-eat food"-"single soldier field rations" on the battlefield. The so-called ready-to-eat food is a convenient food that can be eaten immediately without complicated processing. Hot food refers to "single soldier field rations" which are convenient for heating treatment.
At present, foreign troops take two methods to take "single soldier wild match" as hot food. One is to use exothermic chemical reaction to heat "field rations", which has the advantage of no open flame and is suitable for fire prevention and concealment; The second is to heat "rations" by producing open flames from solid fuels. Although this method is simple and economical, it has an open flame.
According to experts, flameless heating "single soldier field rations" consists of flameless heaters and heated food. The heater consists of chemical reactant and activator. Chemical reactants and activators are usually isolated from each other. When in use, they contact each other in a certain way, and a chemical reaction occurs to release heat. Some of the so-called ways are extremely simple, such as pulling and tearing at will. The U.S. military calls "single soldier field rations" "fast food rations". According to the US Army Field Regulations "Basic Principles of Army Field Supplies", the logistics support department issues four kinds of "fast food rations" to US combat troops, namely, A-type, B-type and T-type rations, and packaged "individual fast food rations".
In addition, the "cold weather rations", "light rations" and "polar rations combination" distributed by the US military are designed for special conditions, and general combat troops only need them when performing special combat tasks.
According to logistics experts, the so-called A-type rations of the US military are usually used only in garrison conditions, but they can also be used in field conditions. A Rations include perishable food and semi-perishable food, which need to be refrigerated and need a lot of transportation capacity and water, which increases the workload and health problems of catering service personnel. Therefore, the US military generally does not use this kind of rations in desert areas.
The U.S. military's Type B rations are composed of semi-corrosive foods, mainly canned foods and dehydrated foods, which are suitable for use in areas with cooking equipment but no refrigeration equipment. Depending on the resources, the commander may instruct the use of type B rations for catering.
It is reported that T-rations are popular in the US military. There are more than 20 kinds of recipes with great selectivity and good taste. You can heat the whole package in hot water or during exercise.